keiths31 wrote:What spelling mistakes? Keep in mind that the terts used the French spelling.

Dept-Rivieres should be Sept-Rivieres for 7 Rivers and Chalivoix should be Charlivoix. Also on a couple the accented 'e' is wrong. i.e. Chaudière is the correct spelling and accented 'e'. On the current map the accent over the e is going in the opposite direction. I forget the reason why it is important, but it is.

keiths31 wrote:What spelling mistakes? Keep in mind that the terts used the French spelling.

Dept-Rivieres should be Sept-Rivieres for 7 Rivers and Chalivoix should be Charlivoix. Also on a couple the accented 'e' is wrong. i.e. Chaudière is the correct spelling and accented 'e'. On the current map the accent over the e is going in the opposite direction. I forget the reason why it is important, but it is.

I think that names should be left alone at least until the contest is over then you can fix them. It would keep all the entries the same name wise at least. Makes for more fair voting?

keiths31 wrote:What spelling mistakes? Keep in mind that the terts used the French spelling.

Dept-Rivieres should be Sept-Rivieres for 7 Rivers and Chalivoix should be Charlivoix. Also on a couple the accented 'e' is wrong. i.e. Chaudière is the correct spelling and accented 'e'. On the current map the accent over the e is going in the opposite direction. I forget the reason why it is important, but it is.

I think that names should be left alone at least until the contest is over then you can fix them. It would keep all the entries the same name wise at least. Makes for more fair voting?

Bruceswar wrote:I think that names should be left alone at least until the contest is over then you can fix them. It would keep all the entries the same name wise at least. Makes for more fair voting?

"hmm, map A definitely looks 3 times better than all the rest put together, but map B has the right accent on the e so I'm going to vote B"...

Is this a likely scenario?

YES. ACCENT MARKS MAKE ME HAPPY. My happiness leaves along with punctuation, natty. Commas, apostrophes, periods, the whole crew - I deeply care for them all...except for semicolons, they can go rot with Q and the underscore key in virtual hell for all I care.

Then I guess there is an expression in the Finnish language that fits you perfectly Victor... people who nitpick on lots of small things are said to be "comma fuckers" (roughly translated) - as in people who are unhealthily interested in punctuation marks.

I always thought this was just some kind of weird linguistic analogy but maybe not... well, I guess what you do in your bedroom is your own business... just don't let your wife catch you with a dictionary!

natty_dread wrote:Then I guess there is an expression in the Finnish language that fits you perfectly Victor... people who nitpick on lots of small things are said to be "comma fuckers" (roughly translated) - as in people who are unhealthily interested in punctuation marks.

I always thought this was just some kind of weird linguistic analogy but maybe not... well, I guess what you do in your bedroom is your own business... just don't let your wife catch you with a dictionary!

That's kinda how the divorce came about, though it was with a Calculus textbook...

I see that now, What I mean is that the game play is meant for Saint John to be only connected to Moncton and Fredericton. If all three are connected then the bonus needs to be increased. Get what I'm saying here?

The maps and XML posted on page 49 of the old topic show Halifax connected to Moncton and Saint John (and Cape Breton, P.E.I, and Evangeline Trail). It would probably be best to leave things as they are until this contest completes. With the new images, the thread presumably would return to the Final Forge, and the question of the connections and bonuses in that area could be hammered out.

"All entries must be submitted by February 12th, 2011 CC Time: 2011-02-15 23:59:00

Entries will be shortlisted by the foundry staff and a vote of the best maps will commence within five days of deadline. All submissions will be anonymous until a clear winner has been determined. Please submit both large and small images via PM to, yours truly, Industrial Helix."

To clarify, some maps will not be allowed to the voting stage? I assume this is correct? Also how long will the vote last? A week or 2?